Gurdaspur: Punjab’s senior Congress leader and former deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has resigned from the post of MLA from Dera Baba Nanak seat. His resignation has been sent to the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly.
He has reached Parliament by winning the Lok Sabha election from Gurdaspur. He defeated BJP’s Dinesh Babbu in the election. He has got 364043 votes. At present, he is also the in-charge of Rajasthan Congress.
Resignation of 2 MLAs pending
A total of four MLAs contested the Lok Sabha elections this time. These include Congress’s MLA from Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Congress state president and Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, AAP MLA from Barnala and minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Raj Kumar Chabbewal who left Congress and joined AAP.
Of these, Raj Kumar Chabbewal had already sent his resignation to the Speaker. While now Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa has sent his resignation. At the same time, the remaining two MLAs will also have to resign. After this, the Speaker will inform the Election Commission about this.
After this, the Election Commission will take a decision to hold by-elections on the seats of these MLAs. However, Jalandhar West seat MLA Sheetal Angural resigned just before the Lok Sabha elections. Where elections are now going to be held.
Everyone will have to resign by June 20
According to legal experts, all the leaders elected as MPs will have to resign before June 20. Because both the posts cannot be held at the same time. If the MLA does not resign within the stipulated time, then his Lok Sabha seat will be considered vacant by the Election Commission.
Because these people won the election on June 4, 2024. After this, the notification related to the election of all Lok Sabha MPs has been published in the Gazette of India on June 6, 2024. The resignation process has to be completed within 14 days of that notification.